To use a PowerPoint slide as a desktop wallpaper, you have to save it in an
image file format. This is not possible with the viewer. But you could take
a screenshot, and with the help of an image editing program save that as an
image you can use.
Best regards,
Ute

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Ute Simon
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Team
Das PowerPoint-Event des Jahres: Die PowerPoint-Anwendertage,
14. - 16.10.2007 in Fulda, http://powerpoint.anwendertage.de
> When I receive a PP presentation slide-show attached to an e-mail can I
> set one of the slides as desktop background wallpaper?
> I just have the viewer.
> Thanks,
>
> Fred
bayskater - 31 Aug 2007 16:12 GMT
Thanks, Ute. That did the trick, using Irfanview.
Fred
> To use a PowerPoint slide as a desktop wallpaper, you have to save it in
> an image file format. This is not possible with the viewer. But you could
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